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Telegraph and Messenger
«AuinrliiK Blindness,
“Tho blindness of the Southern people is
amazing,” says Forney's Press, because ‘ when
they find every interest springing into vigorous
life with an activity unexampled, they should
at least recognize the fact that these great
achievements of the republican party have
caused it”
And he thereupon quotes from a New Orleans
paper to the effect that the cotton crop com
mands just twice what it did before the war,
and claims that as a result to be placed to tho
credit of the republican party. Will tho re
publican party accept that credit? It is duo
simply to the destruction of productive force?
Let the party reduce the grain crops of tho West
one-half, and the same results would follow,
and they could then talk with equal propriety
of tho “amazing blindness,” which should fail
to recognize tho popular obligations to a party
which has produced so glorious a result as
doubling tho market valne of grain. No mate
rial interest in the South, so far, has been built
up. All stand more or less impaired from the
ante-war condition. Radicalism has only so far
displayed a deatmotive and not a constructive
power. Nothing has yet sprung into vigorous
life in tho South, except bald, unblushing poli,
tired to Reality, nnacberv and imnnaitiTA
Tar and Feathers.
And now it is the Rev. Fred Fremont, of the
“loyal” town of Essex, in that domain of su
perlative sanctity and supreme excellence, Mas
sachusetts, who makes a moonlight flitting to
save his clerical skin from a garment whereof
tho arliclos above written furnish the material.
The Rev. Fred, with the historic name, has
been guilty of “gross licentiousness,” says the
dispatch, or rather, perhaps, he has been found
out, and his Pharisee neighbors go for him with
an unction most edifying to behold. We. will
not stop to ask which one among them is with
out stain of this kina. The presumption is that
they are all as the fleece of tho newly washed
lamb, in respect to this sin. But wo do ask
what right have a people whose civilization
breeds such monsters to fling stones at the bar
barians of the South whose laity, even, are sel
dom guilty of such beastliness ? This is onr
only comment upon the disgusting morceau.
A horrible murder was committed last Sun
day near Greenville, S. C., on the person of
Captain T. A- Holtzclaw. Ho and his wife were
going home from a neighbor’s abont nine o’clock
at night through a strip of woods, when he was
struck in the head with an axe. He fell against
his wife, which alarmed her, and she ran off,
screaming, and aroused the neighbors, and they
hurried to the place and found the captain dead.
There was one out above tho eyo which knock
ed out his brains, and a cut in tho back of the
head, about four inches deep—either of which
would have killed him instantly. His wife was
so frightened that she could tell nothing about
tho affair, except that the murderer was a large
man; but could not say whether he was white or
black.
Annual Cotton Crop Statement.
The following paragraph, taken from tho col
umns of tho Shipping and Commercial List of
Saturday, explains the policy to be pursued in
the future by our cotemporary in the compila-
of its Annual Cotton Crop Statement:
The Cotton* Crop op the United States—
Change in rrs Preparation.—Wo hereby give
notice that onr next annual statement of the cot
ton crop of the United States, to be made up
next September will include in the total state
ment of crop, the consumption of the cotton
growing States,derived from actual returns from
the mills at the South, excluding all estimates
of nnbaled cotton taken for local use. By this
method, the statement of the crop, and the pro
duction of the country will be identical. Our
previous statements, for various reasons, have
not included this item of Son them consumption
in the crop; but it is now, we believe,universally
concedod that the time has come for making the
change, and we announce it thus early that all
parties in interest may govern themselves ac
cordingly. One of the great objects to be gained
by this change is to correctly ascertain the ex
act proportion of consumption in the States
South, as well as North of the Ohio and Poto
mac rivers.
A Nice Juryman.
A Quincy correspondent of the Tallahassee
Floridian relates the following incident as hav
ing occurred in Court there, recently:
“A negro juror was asked by the acting
State’s attorney if he bad taken an oath in any
secret organization when acting as a juror not
to bring in a verdict against any one of his col
or where a white man was interested. He re
plied Tie had. The Judge immediately ordered
his name to be stricken from tho list of jurors.”
The only surprising part of the story is the
striking off hi3 name by the Judge. By the av
erage run of Radical Judges that confession
wonld be considered a recommendation. If the
Judge in question don’t look sharp, he’ll bo
running around looking for his head some of
theso mornings.
P. S. We learn the Judge in this case was
not a Radical.
’ The Rev. Ohas. H. Smythe, Presbyterian
parson of New York, who thinks the late Rich,
mond calamity was God’s judgment on the sins
of “slavery and rebellion,” is now on trial for
bringing scandal on the chnrch by inviting a
reporter to lunch and drink gin and milk in a
common restaurant on the Sabbath day. He
pleads “nervous exhaustion,” as his reason for
so doing.
If Smythe spelled his name correctly, he
would be above offering such a pitiful excuse.
Tho Smith family never lay the sins of their
stomaohs on their nerves.
A Long Time Dying.—The Cuba rebellion so-
called has been at its last gasp for abont six
months. It is long-drawn—when will the jaw
drop ? The last Spanish accounts represent the
rebels coming in for pardon by scores, and Ces-
pedes a terrified fugitive wandering about and
never Bleeping two nights in the same place.—
DeRodas issued a proclamation on the 1st inst.,
giving the rebels thirty days to present them
selves at the nearest town for pardon, and after
that there would be no more grace.
On Friday morning, of last week; A. F. An
derson, of Wetumpka, Ala., while out turkey
hunting, discovered, as he thought, a turkey,
and fired at it, killing George Williams and
Jasper Whit, two boys abont fifteen years old,
who were sitting behind a stump.
A man who can't tell the difference between
boys of this size and a turkey, ought not, it
strikes us, be allowed to have a gun.
Gov. Shaffer, of Utah, writes to Gen. Cul-
lum, Chairman of the House Committee on
Territories, urging the immediate passage of
the House bill abolishing polygamy, and states
that, unless some such measure is adopted, it
will be useless to attempt to establish a just
government for the people there. Nothing is
said in his letter abont the stories of the Mor
mons organizing or arming to resist the author
ities of the United States.
The Oneida Disaster.—An American naval
court at Yokohama has rendered a decision on
the Oneida case, clearing the offioers of the ill-
fated ship from all oharges of neglect or irreso
lution at the moment of the collision, and
charging the whole enormous guilt of the disas
ter on Captain Eyre.•
The Widow Lincoln.
The report of the Senate Committee on Pen
sions, on tho application of Mrs. Lincoln for
relief, is a forcible illustration of the mutability
of human greatness. The committee are rep
resented by our telegrams (see last edition; as
positively giving the lie to Mrs. inco , anu
declaring “that she is not in as destitute a con
dition as she represents herself to be. And
they even go a cood deal further aud very rude-
]y say that “they have good reason to believe
that she received a large amount of clothing,
plate and household goods after the death of
Mr. Lincoln.”
This undoubtedly must refer to the rumored
spoliation of tho White House by Mrs. Lincoln
when 6he left the premises, and must be con
sidered a Senatorial endorsement of the lively
contemporaneous press gossip on tho subject,
at that period. The “loyal press of the North,”
groaned distressingly over the larcenies of car
pets, rugs, bed linen, crockery, glass and plate,
and all the little articles of vertu which had
been purchased at much expense to embellish
the palace of tho American President.
Truly, it was one of those occurrences about
which it seemed nothing could bo said exc. pt
at far greater cost than tho missing articles.
But the Senate has chosen to make the facts of
record, and if on the question of a pen
sion of three thousand dollars a year, that
body chooses to compromise the reputation of
the family of its Northern model President,
we cannot help it.
umenL irit : b^fite'atei®^r|orainM}: doc-
offensive, certainly no pains were taken to pre
serve amenities. Mrs. Lincoln is repulsed as
rudely as a begging imposter—her veracity
questioned,and in connection withknown facts,
the most injurious imputations upon her hon
esty endorsed. It belongs to the North to care
for the reputation of her own political heroes
and exponents, and she has the right to set her
own valuation upon it. The House had previ
ously passed tho bill granting the pension, wo
think, without a division.
The Public Demoralization—Protect
ing Steel Roils.
The Democrats think that integrity, honor
and patriotism are so far banished by the Rad
icals from tho public administration that they
are commonly looked upon as 6tupid and ridicu
lous, and their assumption as a pieco of hypoc
risy which can hardly deceive the most simple,
and is designed to cover deeper achievements
in villainy. Is that conviction mere party
prejudice ? We find the following in the regu
lar Washington correspondence of the New
York Commercial Advertiser, one of tho most
prominent of the Northern Radical organs:
Wo don’t look for models now, and wo are
glad enough to put up with men who won’t
shame U3 by a public demonstration of iniquity.
Rob, plunder, embezzle, bribe, bargain and sell,
bat do it so that the world at large will not be
tho wiser. It makes but little difference how
thoroughly corrupt men are if they only pre
serve outwardly a show of respect for the feel
ings of their neighbors. To bo a rogue and yet
conceal the roguery is the sublimation of genius,
but a detected scoundrel is, by common consent
about the vilest thing on God’s footstool.
That is the correspondent’s estimate of the
House of Representatives, and prefaces speci
fications to prove the justice of this general
verdict upon its character.
The particular subject upon which that total
depravity of the House majority was displayed
was the tariff duty on steel rails, which the
House raised from $22 to $3G per ton, in the
interest of les3 than a dozen steel rail manu
facturing establishments who were on hand with
plenty of money to back this robbery of the
people. They could well afford to divide the
fourteen dollars per ton in gold with the Radical
membera who would legislate a monopoly in the
steel rail manufacture for their benefit, under
the pretence of raising revenue for the govern
ment. From this example of protective tariff
legislation learn the character of the whole. It
is not less to be abhorred as a plan to rob the
people, under false pretences, for tne benefit of
speculators, than for its awfully demoralizing
effects upon Congress and the government. It
fills the lobbies of the capitol with swarms of
filthy and insidious creatures who minister to
overy base passion to secure votes, and poison
with their arts and appliances every stream of
legislation and governmental influence. Let
the people every where determine that protect
ive tariffism shall be ground to dust under their
feet. _
A Very Important Decision.
We published, Tuesday morning, in onr tele
graphic column, tho following extract from a
recent decision of the Supreme Court, which is
of great importance to many persons in the
South. As the extract in question was rather
badly set up, and its moaning therefore mnch
obscured, we publish it again.
We quote from the Baltimore Gazette:
The Supreme Court of tho United States has
decided the case of the United States against
Edward Podelford, appeal from the Court of
Claims. The appeal brought before the Court
a claim under the captured and abandoned
property act of March 12, 18G3, for half tho
proceeds paid into the Treasury of tho United
States of 1,293 bales of cotton, captured at Sa
vannah, turned over to a treasury agent and
sold under the act.
Tho court says, in conclusion:
“It follows that at the time of the seizure of
the petitioner’s property ho was purged of what
ever offence against the laws of the United
StateB he had committed by the acts mentioned
in the findings, and relieved from any penalty
which he might have incurred. It follows,
farther, that if the property had been seized
before the oath was taken, the faith of the Gov
ernment was pledged to its restoration, upon
the taking of the oath in good faith.
“We cannot donbt that the petitioner’s right
to the property in qnestion, at the time of the
seizure, was perfect, except as against the acts
of the military commanders, and that it is made
absolutely perfect by pardon, notwithstanding
the seiznre. Bat it has been suggested that
the property was captured iit fact if not lawful
ly, and that the proceeds having been paid into
the Treasury of the United States, the petition
er is without remedy in the Court of Claims,
unless proof is made that he gave no aid or
comfort to the rebellion. The suggestion is in
genious, but we do not think it sound. The
sufficient answer to it is that after the pardon
no offence connected with the rebellion can be
imputed to him.
“If, in other respeots, the petitioner made
the proof which, under the aot, entitled him to
a decree for the proceeds of his property, the
law makes the proof of pardon a complete sub
stitute for proof that* he gave no aid or comfort
to the rebellion. A different conatrnction
would, as it seems to us, defeat the manifest
intent of the proclamation, and of the act of
Congress which authorized it. The Govern
ment became a trustee, holding the proceeds of
the petitioner’s property for his benefit, and
having been fully reimbursed for all expenses
incurred in that character, loses nothing by the
judgment, which simply awards to the petition-
er whaf is his own. These views require the
affirmance of the judgment of the Court of
Claims, and it is accordingly affirmed.”
Since the death of Gen. Grey, private secre
tary to Queen Viotoria, it has transpired that
her Majesty takes a very active part in the busi
ness of every department of the government
and especially the war office, the admiralty and
the poor law board. She writes out her views
with a fullness that reminds one of Phillip IX,
and tho private secretary’s business is to reduce
her memoranda to official form. Some Fronde
of the future may find in the Viotoria MSS. a
mine of historical lore almost as rich os the ar
chives of Simancas.
A. Monstbous Growth.—Capt. A. S. Reid,
Jr., of Putnam county, sends ns part of an oat
•talk, which measures one and a half inches in
circumference. The seed came from the Patent
Office, and we think itis called “Excelsior Oats.”
That kind will do to cultivate for faggots, fire
wood or lumber. Won't it ?
Tlie Interpreter* of Divine Provi
dence.
Certain nowspapers and preachers in the
North and West have undertaken to assign the
catastrophe at Richmond as a retributive dis
pensation of Providence, designed to indicate
the especial displeasure of God with tho people
of that city on account of the “ Sin of Rebel
lion ” and other high crimes and misdemeanors
whereof they are charged to bo guilty. These
presumptuous interpreters of the designs and
sentiments of the Deity, as evinced in tho cur
rent of human events, belong to no age of the
world. Tho Saviour rebuked them when he
spoko of the “eighteen upon whom tho tower
of Siloam fell,” and flatly contradicted tho in
ference of the Pharisees that they were worse
than others who escaped that catastrophe.
On tho contrary, the general current of God’s
teachings in his Holy Word seems to warrant
tho impression that it is rather tho poor, afflict
ed and unfortunate that are favored of heaven
than the rich and prosperous. The Psalmist
speaks of the wicked as in a peculiarly felici
tous condition, in respect to their temporal
state: “They are not in trouble as other meD,”
says he. “Their eyes stand out with fatness.
They have more than heart could wish.” But
an infinitely jast and benevolent God will work
no injustice or hardship to any of his creatures.
The good old hymn says, “God Is his own in
terpreter” of his own mysterious Providence ;
and history, sacred and profane, is full of illus
trations of the folly and arrogance of people
who undertake to explain tho counsels of _om ;
dence. The events confound the interpreters
at last, in almost overy case.
And what shall we call a dispensation of
Divine Providence in tho common acceptation
of tho term? A man puts his hand into the
fire, or throws himself into the water, and is
burnt or drowned. Is he the subject of a Prov
idential dispensation or a victim to his own
violation of the plain laws of nature ? He eats
too much, and gets the cholic—who sends the
pain? He drinks too much and is crushed
under a vehicle—who hurt him? He patches
up a house in defiance of all architectural rules,
aud it tumbles down and kills him and his
friends—who is responsible for the conse
quences?
Neither of these can be considered the “act
of God” in the same sense that death by light
ning, by pestilence, by earthquake, by storm and
flood are the acts of God. It is true, that as
the absolute moral governor of the universe,
nothing can happen except by consent of the
Deity; but, in the one case, there is an inter
vention of human responsibility and culpabili
ty which does not exist in the other. It is man
ifest that a careless architect or a heedless com
munity may provide just such “an awful visita
tion of Divine Providence” as happened at'
Richmond, for any other town, at any time, ir
respective of its moral condition in the sight of
Heaven. The lesson to bo learned from it is
mainly respect for the known laws of nature.
If you put your hand into the fire aud it is
burnt, that is to teach you that fire will bum
and burning is painful. If yon build houses
which fall under weight, the lesson is to bnild
them stronger, not that the people of your town
are worse than anybody else. A badly built
house would tumble down just as quick on Mt.
Zion as in the city of Richmond. The law of
gravitation for both places is the same.
Next to the wickedness of these impudent
perquisitions into God’s government and pur
poses, we hold to be the attempt to hold Him re
sponsible for the plain consequences of hnman
vice, folly or carelessness.
Tennessee News.
The Chattanooga Duly Times of Friday says
a private dispatch from Washington last night
to the editor of the Times, conveys the gratify
ing intelligence that the House Committee on
Commerce agree to report large appropriations
for the Tennessee river.
Andrew Johnson is in Knoxville. The "Whig
says that he believes Tennessee will be recon
structed.
The Athens Post has seen a letter from Hor
ace Maynard, announcing that he will be a can
didate for re-election to Congress, and that re
construction is a failure for Tennessee, and the
party most stand on its own bottom.
Scnter has gone over to the reconstruclionists
if we may credit the Knoxville Chronicle, Rad
ical. That paper says;
Gov. Senter and Mr. Spence wero very decid
ed in their opinion that the interests of the loy
al people demanded a reconstruction of the
State. Gov. S. pictured the grievances of
Union men, and portrayed the fiendish opera
tions of the Ku-KIux Klan, in such an eloquent
and appealing manner as to convince every un
biased mind that some action on the part of
Congress is necessary to protect the loyal citi
zens, both black and white, in their rights.
More Premiums Offered.
Mr. H. I. Kimball, of Atlanta writes as fol
lows to the President of the Georgia State Ag
ricultural Society:
“I propose to place to your order, subject to
the decision of the Committee, $500, to be of
fered as a special premium for the largest aud
best yield of cotton (tho quality and quantity
to be considered in the awaTd) which is raised
daring the present year on five acres of land in
the State of Georgia.
“And that North Georgia may be encouraged
to exhibit what she can do for the advancement
of these interests,I now propose to offer an ad
ditional premium, and place in your hands the
farther sum of $500, to be offered as the fol
lowing premiums, viz:
i Two hundred dollars for tho best five acres
of wheat.
“Two hundred dollars for the best five acres
of grass.
‘ One hundred dollars for the best collection
of minerals collected from the soil of Georgia,
“I would furthermore suggest for your con
sideration that you require competitors enter
ing for these premiums to pay a special fee of
50 per cent, of the premium proposed, and this
sum to be devoted to the benefit of your so
ciety.”
John Russel Young, of the New York Stand
ard, and Dana of the Son, are foully at it. The
war promises to be very hot. Dana says the
device of the Standard ought to be Spoons and
its title, the Thieves Own. Young retorts in
three columns of the Standard, calling Dana a
spy, a newspaper prostitute and the pirate of
tho American press. He denies, emphatically,
that he was discharged from the Tribune for
stealing Associated Press news, and prints a
letter from Greeley to prove it. Dana replies
under the head of “Kicked Ont”—A Liar as
well as a Thief, "'with the following “from the
reoords of the Associated Press for June 1st,
18G9.”
Ms. Samuel Sinclair, publisher of the Tri
bune, reported in his own hand-writing, that,
in pursuance of the resolution of the Associa
tion, the Tribune had discharged Mr. Young.
And this is metropolitan journalism! Such
language and temper would disgrace the veriest
drab that walks the streets of New York. It is
eminently and emphatically disgiaoefnl. The
public should spew out both these persons as
unfit to conduct even a newspaper organ for
thieveB and prostitutes.
The Opelika (Ala.) Era, says that a proposi
tion from a company of Northern capitalists has
been accepted by the directors of the Savannah
and Memphis railroad, to build the entire line,
from Opelika to Toscumbia, the work to be fin
ished in two years. The completion of the
road at an early day is now regarded as beyond
contingency.
Quick Turn,—The French Trans-Atlantic
mail steamer Pereire, made her last trip from
Brest to New York in nine days and four hours
The Uetrgla Press.
Mr. Waterman, of the Talbotton Standard,
was on the Press excursion to Fort Pulaski and
kept his head cool enough to give the following
description of the (Sects of Boullard’s punch
upon some of the pirty. Wo want to know the
name of the Can-ctnman:
For some time I had noticed a huge bowl on
one side of the room, behind .which was a be
nignant-looking ol^ gentleman with rosy cheeks,
Mr. E. A. Soullardi of Savannah. There was a
liquid in the bowl-r-river water, I think—ana
Mr. S. had a dipper In lis hand, which went m
and out of the bowl witl great rapidity. Some
of this liquid was spilled on the floor and made
it slippery; some was {pilled into tho months
of the gentlemen standing around and made
them jolly. Some of tho party seemed greatly
affected. Perhaps they wera thinking of the
“dear ones all at home,” and grieving at their
absence; perhaps they were filled with sorrow
at the sight of the flag in the distance floating
over Fort Pulaiki. One declared seventy-seven
times in a voice husky—with emotion—that he
couldn’t respect that flag, and between every
two or three times saying it he drank a glass of
that liquid. Some were so deeply moved—by
Ool. Soullard’s arguments—that they left the
merry crowd and took state-rooms to meditate
in silence. Some sat in arm chairs, laid their
heads back and gazed up into the azure heavens
till they fell into soft and quiet slumber, regard
less of the fervency with which the sun poured
his rays into their blooming, upturned counte
nances. Some sang:
“Ho who drink? good whisky punch,
And goes to bed right mellow,
Lives as he ought to live,
And dies a happy fellow.
Others sung:
“A life on the ccow? s*V3J
Where the tadpole wiggles his tai
And sings himself to sleep.”
Others danced “Shoo, Fly,” while tho band
played that classic tune ; and one editor from
away up the country wanted to dance the Can-
Can with one leg.
Of tho banquet at tho Pulaski House, he re
lates this incident:
The bills of faro wero elegantly printed in
colors ; on the opposite side of the sheet the
coats of arms of the Southern States, and in the
centre a picture of a printing press. One of our
country editors went clear through the bill of
fare, eating everything therein printed, aud
then ordered the press!
B(o)ulIy for him!
We get the following items from the Stan
dard:
The Weather and Crops.—The slight rains
and consequent damp weather facilitated the
germination of cotton seed very much last
week. The stands are generally good where
the young plant has appeared above ground.
Planters are plowing com in a hurry. Rain
needed badly.
Clean them out !—Six red foxes were brought
to Talbotton yesterday morning. Quite a good
haul for one trip in tho country. Try them
again, boys.
A pretty fair sprinkling.of peaches r6maiD,
notwithstanding the damaging effects of cold
weather. Other fruits are plentiful. Ripe
strawberries and vegetables are making their
appearace.
We are sorry to learn of the serious illness of
Mr. John Russell, of Talbot Valley, one of our
oldest aud best citizens.
We hear that Mr. Thos. Barron was thrown
from his horse and serionsly injured last week.
Hope he is recovering.
Death of Db. A. L. Agee.—Dr. A. L. Acee,
of Belleveu, died at his residence in this
county on tho 3d instant, aged about seventy
years.
Plenty of com is planted in Talbot county,
and wheat never looked better.
The Columbus Sun learns from a gentleman
from LaGrange that the citizens are very anx
ious to have railroad connection with Columbus.
Mr. Ferrell promises to take $12,500 of stock
and Mr. Frost a large amount. Others will give
large' contributions, and it is thought over
$110,000 can be raised in that vicinity for this
purpose.
There were two fires in Dawson, Monday
night No material was done, however.
Sparta has a new set ol “city fatheia”—Dr.
E. M. Pendleton, Dr. A. F. Durham, Do L.
Tamer, Alex Guill, and John Deneen, Esqs.
The Valdosta Times says drunkenness is on
the inorease thereabouts. The demand for
benzine is very lively.
Captain Mile3 Hill, a young lawyer of La
Grange, who has been spending the winter for
the benefit of his health at Valdosta, died Mon
day morning of hemorrhage of the lungs.
Of rain and crops in Sonth Georgia and Flor
ida, the Thomasville Enterprise says:
Tho recent showers have been very refreshing
to man and nutate. We took a short trip last
week through the southern sections of Thomas
and portions of Leon and Jefferson counties, in
Florida, and with rare exceptions the farmer
had secured good stands of cotton and com and
the crops appeared clean aud well cultivated.
In these sections there is no want of labor.
The Colnmbos Enquirer says that city made a
very creditable showing at tho Louisina State
Fair. Those premiums borne off by the Eagle
& Phenix Manufacturing Company have already
been mentioned. We learn that the goods honor
ably mentioned as those of “Harrison & Son,
Columbus, Georgia,” were goods sent by the Co
lumbus Manufacturing Co. to them as friends to
represent the company. A diploma was awarded
to this company for knitting thread, and hon
orable mention was made of their Sheetings.
Mr. JameB Ennis, of this city, obtained prizes
for the best cotton rope, and tho best axe
helves, and hnbs for vehicles.
Mr. Patrick Walsh, of Augusta, a relative of
Pat Walsh of the Chronicle and Sentinel, died
at Aiken, S. 0., Wednesday, of consumption.
The Savannah Republican says Mr. Francis
Sorrel, an old citizen of that city, had a para
lytic stroke a few days since, and is not expect
ed to recover.
The Republican has the following report of
the second day’s proceedings of the Georgia
Teachers’ Association:
The Association met at nine o’clock yester
day morning, Dr. Tucker in the Chair.
The minutes of the meeting of the preceding
day were read and confirmed.
The Association then proceeded in a body to
visit the publio schools in the city. Every
member of the Association was perfectly de
lighted with the operation of the system of
teaching which has been adopted by the Board
of Education in the oity.
At 3:45 v. m., the Association renssemled at
the Lecture Room of the Independent Presby
terian Chnrch, when a very interesting paper on.
the subject of “Reading and Oratory, with a
criticism on certain Text Books,” by Bev. W.
8. Brantley, was read by the Secretary, Mr. B.
Mallon, in the absence of the anthor.
Professor Sanford, of Mercer University, lec
tured upon the subject of “the best method of
teaching arithmetic;” and demonstrated the ad
vantages of the analytical over all other metk
ods. His views wore endorsed by Prof. Orr
and Messrs. Johnson and Mallon.
A very interesting address on “Calonlus” was
made by Major Richardson, of Bowdon Insti
tute, which was referred to the Publishing Com
mittee.
SPEECH OF GENERAL JOHN B. GORDON.
The President of the Association, having
called upon General John B. Gordon for a
speech, he responded in an eloquent address,
in which he expressed the opinion that our
children should be educated to respect them
selves, the achievements of their ancestors and
love of their own State and country, and then
proceeded to discuss the lasting effeot of-early
impressions upon the youthful mind,, produced
by the text books used in schools. He then ex
posed the partiality of some of the text books
which had been adopted by some of the schools
in the Sonth, amongst which is a book entitled
“The National Reader,” which gives glowing
descriptions of the White Mountains and other
scenery in the North, while it says nothing of
the beautiful and romantic scenery of Georgia
and the South.
This book also speaks of the splendid military
achievements of Gen. Sheridan, while it says
nothing about the skillful movements of Stone
wall Jackson.
He also alluded to the corruptions whioh had
been made in a late edition of Webster’s Dic
tionary, by which the meaning of almost every
word having reference to the science of govern
ment, has been ohanged to suit the notions of
the political party now in power.
He also introduced and dismissed the merit
of school books entitled “Holmes” I Judge, Harrel, stood square up in his charge to
headers,” whioh appeared to be free the Radical doctrine of relief, and refused to
of a series
Southern. Readers, „„
from the defects pointed out in the school
books prepared at the North.
The Association then adjourned to meet
again at the Savannah Theatre at 8^ o’clock to
hear an address from Rev. Dr. Sears on the
subjeotof education.
At 8J o’clock Dr. Sears addressed the audi
ence there assembled. He first laid down the
proposition that intellect, talent and genius
were not confined to any one class of the com
munity, rich or poor, and that universal educa
tion was the only means to whioh we could re
sort to develop the intellect, native talent and
genius of the rising generation, and therefore
the objects of education were of general impor
tance, and it should not be limited to any class.
He demonstrated at length the position that
wealth and prosperity were -dependent upon
moral worth and cultivated intellectual power.
He then spoke of his visit to the Public
Schools in Savannah, and expressed the opinion
that tho Board of Education had adopted a mod
el system of education whioh has secured the
services of model teachers, and secured tho
largest amouutof education for tho smallest pos
sible sum of money. .
At the close of the address, the President
arose and, in behalf of the Association, thanked
him for his address.
The Association was then adjourned until
nine o’clock this morning at which hour every
member was exhorted to be present.
The Chronicle and Sentinel gives the follow
ing account of the arrest of Norris, Terry’s
sheriff of Warren county, and tho cause there
of:
On Monday night Norris was arrested by tho
officer in command of the United States soldiers
stationed in Warrenton, on a charge of having
received bribes from several citizens of the
**7—■*» As soon as he was arrested ha was
placed m Counutmem, wu u™ —r- a
Gen. Terrv nt A It onto
It is said that several citizens of the connty
had, in order to avoid arrest on false grounds
by the sheriff, made up a purse and given it to
Norris, on condition that he would let the peo
ple alone. It is charged that Norris received
the money, and in consideration thereof pro
claimed peace with the inhabitants. The bribes
which he is charged with having received were
largo—amounting altogether to nearly, if not
c[oite, $7000. About $3200 of this amount was
ip cash—tho rest, about $2500 was in promisso
ry notes given by oitizens of the county.
The fellow’s lust for money seems to have
been insatiable, and one or two parties were
bled very heavily. It is said that one-planter
paid him $1,500 cash, aud that another gave
him$800caBh. Rumor says that the Federal
soldiers under Norris are not above suspicion,
and that they only made the arrest because the
affair was leaking out, and they were afraid it
would be heard of at headquarters aud an inves
tigation be ordered.
The same paper says with reference to the
feeling at Atlanta:
We have just received a letter from r. friend
in Atlanta, which states that the Georgia Agen
cy affected to believe that the Cessna Bill will
be adopted, and that Bollock aud his gang pre
tend that they will be entirely satisfied if the
Cessna Bill is adopted.
The Cessna bill continues the Agency in of
fice till 1872. We don’t believe it can pass. We
believe Bollock is virtually beaten, already, and
has made up his mind to do his do towards min
ing the State and punishing the white people,be-
tweennow andnext November. Let no man, wo
man, or child give him the least chance to brew
fresh deviltry at Washington. He wonld give a
month’s draw on the State Road, just now, for
an “outrage”—a good, fat, horrible outrage—a
half dozen loyal men Ku-kluxed, and afterwards
skinned, and then broiled on the coals, then
crucified and finally thrown into a pond as they
are treated in North Carolina—according to
Holden. It is true his Atlanta mill may manu
facture a dozen of these lies a day, and Forney
may print them at so much a line, but Bullock
is pretty well known abont Washington, and he
wonld have to produce the proof. Thank3 to
the unscrapnlousness of the hired defamers and
assassins who have been slandering and stab
bing Georgia around the Capital for the last
three or four months, these outrages have to be
proved, now. Even the Radicals who are most
friendly to them, are tired of being galled by
these miserable creatures.
A Scriven county correspondent of the Chron
icle and Sentinel writes that crop prospects
there are good. A large amount of fertilizers
has been used, and but little com planted—not
enough the writer thinks, with the best of sea
sons, to half supply the county. There will be
about a fourth of a fruit crop. Cotton looks
vigorous and healthy.
The Greensboro Herald says that though
orops are backward in that county, the prospect
is fine. Good stands of corn and cotton are the
rule. Wheat promising,
• The citizens of Griffin will hold a meeting
Monday next, “to consider the propriety of of
fering suitable inducements to secure the loca
tion of Mercer University in this place.
Gov. Randolph, of New Jersey, was in At
lanta, Thursday.
The Covington Enterprise reports favorable
crop prospects throughout Newton county.
Wheat is very promising. Fruit not seriously
hurt. Cotton rather late, but stands generally
good. Com extensively planted, and doiDg
welL
Tho Dalton Citizen says wheat in Walker,
Murray, Catoosa aud Whitfield counties “looks
splendid.” More favorable signs of an abun
dant harvest wero never seen. In some fields
it is heading out. . Corn planting not yet over.
A considerable quantity of fruit is yet left.
Farmers everywhere hopeful and buoyant.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch says the corn crop
is looking well In Telfair county, and a large
area has been planted. Stands generally good.
Cotton not very forward, and needs rain. Much
of it is not yet up.
Blackberries aro plentiful in the Savannah
market at twenty.five cents per quart—straw
berries ditto at fifty cents a quart.
The Savannah Republican says Mr. Franois
Sorrel died at his residence in that city Thurs
day morning. Mr. Sorrel was bom at San Do
mingo, West Indies, in the year 1793, and came
to Savannah in 1817; where he conducted suc
cessfully the business of a commission mer
chant for about thirty-five years, having retired
from active business m 1852.
Mr. Edward Padelford has given $10,000 to
be applied to the construction of a suitable
building or buildings for the accommodation of
sick, poor, aged and infirm colored people of
Savannah aud Chatham county.
Mr. Fadelford has also given $1000 to the
Episcopal Orphan’s Homo, of Savannah.
Polioeman J. B. Hughes, of Augusta, has
been taking the impression of his boot-heels on
thefaooofHr. Richard Fan Dolan, of the same
oity, whioh is very curious business for a guard
ian of the peace.
The Savannah News says :
A. W. Stone, Esq., who has received the ap
pointment as military Ordinary of the county
of Chatham in the place of H. 8. Wetmore, the
Ordinary elected by the people yesterday, made
a demand upon Mr. Wetmore for the keys,
books, and so forth, connected with the office.
The demand was refused by Mr. Wetmore, who
stated that he did not consider Mr. Stone his
successor, and consequently would not deliver
the keys, that the keys were there, and if he
chose to take them on his own responsibility,
or by the aid of the Military he could do so,
but he, Wetmore, would bear no part in the
transaction. Mr. Stone then left and we un
derstand reported to the commander, Major
DeRussy, and it was expected that Stone would
be placed in possession by the Military.
Mr. Wetmore intends to contest the matter
to the last extremity.
How these Rads do Btick, when they get in
offioe.
Tho Quitman Banner says a negro school
teacher came to. that place lately, got drank,
hurt the feelings of the gentle brunettes who
lead in society, and finally made himself so ob
noxious that they took him out into the woods
and gave him a most unmerciful flogging. Can’t
the mill at Atlanta make a turn out of ?
Randolph county Superior Court was in ses
sion last week. The Outhbert Appeal says the
open any old judgments or try any case coming
under the relief, law.
The Appeal gives the following items of coun
ty news:
The Crops and. Weather.—Under the influ
ence of hot sung and mild nights, com and
cotton have grown very rapidly during the past
Planters are beginning very generally to
chop to a stand, and the weed looks greasy and
healthy.
In some instances those who planted late have
failed to secure stands, and must wait patiently
for rain.
English peas and new Irish potatoes and
strawberries are beginning to be abundant.
The gardens are suffering from laok of mois
ture, however.
The peach crop will be very nearly an aver
age one, and the quality, peihaps, better than
usual.
The Burning of a Gin House—Vile Incen
diarism.—On Friday evening about night fall,
the gin house of Mr. Moses Knighton, in this
connty, was fired by an incendiary and com
pletely destroyed.
A great quantity of cottonseed, some cotton,
and the wagons and gear of tho plantation were
all consumed.
Suspicion resting upon a colored man, a war
rant was issued for his arrest, and after a long
chase ho was secored on Saturday at a late
hour.
The Columbus Sun sujt;
A rather interesting case came before Justice
Shivers yesterday. When Mr. S. Cherry was
appointed assignee of Perry & Co , he opened
a new sot of books of his own in order that he
might settle with the assignees. Some time
after, the firm mentioned, took the benefit of
r* *7^111 law. The decree being granted,
Deputy U. 8.- Mmshttl and Collector, R. W.
Jaques, acting under advice oi any. x*. y. n.r>
sch, counsel of creditors, took charge of the
papers and stock of Perry & Co., and among
other things, these books of Mr. Cherry. They
wero demanded back without avail, aud yester
day Mr. Cherry brought a Possessory Action to
recover them, under the advice of his counsel,
Col. J. N. Ramsey. After hearing the case and
tho arguments from the lawyers mentioned,
Justice Shivers decided the books were the pri
vate property of Mr. Cherry, and ordered
Jaques to deliver them. He, still acting under
advice, refused. The Justice then issued an
order for his imprisonment in th9 jail, until the
books were delivered. Thus the case stands,
collector Jaques being under the sorveilance of
tho Bailiff, R. A. Wood. We hear the case
will be certioraried and carried before Ordinary
Duer.
The Columbus Enquirer says there are now
on the Superior Court docket for that connty
445 common law cases; 120 sci fas to reverse
judgement and 43 equity cases. There are 25
cases to be carried to the Supreme Court, at the
June Term 1870, from th6 November term of
the conrt.
Of crop prospects in Dougherty, the Albany
News says planters are rejoicing in good stands,
both of corn and cotton. Lands were hardly
ever in better condition, and the cotton fields
look like well tilled gardens.
The trial of H. Martin by a military court
at Warrenton, was concluded last Saturday.
The prosecution failed to establish their case,
but Martin is still in jail awaiting ^Terry’s de
cision.
The last day’s proceedings of the Georgia
Teachers’ Association is reported as follows by
the Savannah Republican:
The association assembled at 0 o’clock A. m.
Rev. Dr. Tncker in the chair.
A practical and interesting paper on the sub
ject of penmanship was read by Mr. B. M. Zet-
ler, Principal of the Girls’ High School, of Sa
vannah.
A very interesting discussion on the subject
ensued, in which Dr. Stout, of Augusta, Rev.
Dr. Means, Rev. Dr. Tucker, Messrs. W. H.
Baker aud B. Mallon participated.
A paper was then read by Martin V. Calvin,
of Augusta, on the subjeotof recent education
al progress, which was full of valuable and in
teresting statistical information.
The older of business was then suspended and
a report made by a committee appointed for that
purpose, on a system of education for the State
of Georgia, and adopted at an adjourned meet
ing held in Macon, November 17, 1869, was
read. It was thought by a majority of the asso
ciation that Uie time had not arrived for the in
troduction of the system, and the matter was
left in the hands of the committee.
A very interesting paper by Mr. Eiswald, pro
fessor of modern languages, on the subject of
the over estimation of the ancient languages in
our schools was then read.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR THE ENSUING YEAR.
President—Dr. J. M. Bonnell, President of the
Wesleyan Female College.
First Vice President—Prof. W. R. Ruther
ford, of Athens.
Second Vice President—W. H. Baker, of Sa
vannah.
Third Vico President—John M. Richardson,
of Bowden College.
Fourth Vice President—Prof. G. M. Dews, of
Columbus, Ga.
Secretary—B. Mallon, of Savannah, ro-elected.
Treasurer—B. M. Zettler, of Savannah.
It was then resolved that when the Associa
tion adjourns it will adjourn to meet in Colum
bus, Ga., on the first Wednesday in May, 1871.
In the afternoon the Association indulged in
an excursion down the river as far as Fort Pu
laski and returned in the evening, and sat down
to a sumptuous supper prepared for them in
Fireman’s Hall, after which the young ladies
and young gentlemen engaged in “tho merry
Btfilock has appointed Robert N. King, Ordi
nary of Camden county, vice W. T. Spencer,
resigned; M. V. Clayton, Clerk of the Superi
or Court of Echols county, vice Jas. Boring,
removed from the State; and Jas. B. Deveaux,
Ordinary of Jones, vice R. F. Ross.
The Atlanta Era, of yesterday, says:
Oglethorpe College.—We understand that
the Committee of the Trustees of Oglethorpe
College, composed of Colonel Clifford Ander
son, and Rev. Dr. Wills, of Macon, and Bev.
Dr. Wilson, and John O. Whitner, of this city,
met yesterdad afternoon. This Committee are
empowered by the Trustees to complete ar
rangements for the erection of fcnildings and
the final removal of the College to this oity.
Last night the same committee met in consul
tation with a committee of citizens, composed
of L. P. Grant, William McNaught, J. M. Ball,
and E. Y. Clarke. At this last meeting we learn
the tender of a site of 10 acres by H. O. Hol
combe was accepted, and that a committee
composed of Rev. Dr. Wilson! John C. Whit
ner, J. M. Ball, J. H. James, L. P. Grant, E.
E. Rawson, and E. Y. Clarke were appointed a
Building Committee.
We will give the offioial proceedings to-mor
row. It will be seen that the location of Ogle
thorpe in Atlanta is a fixed fact, and that the
bnildings will be begun immediately.
We read with deep regret tho following in the
Atlanta Constitution, of yesterday. Mr. Hemp
hill has ow sincerest sympathy in his afflic
tion:
Mournful Intelligence.—Mr. W. A. Hemp-
hill, on his arrival from Athens yesterday, re
ceived a telegram from that place, announcing
the death of his little daughter Lizzie,by drown
ing. Mr. Hemphill had left his child in perfect
health in the morning. The particulars of this
distressing occurence were not given in the tel
egram.
The Hon. Pinkard Hill, formerly one of the
most prominent oitizens of LaGrange, died in
Athens Saturday. : v .’.0 ! j
Col. J. D. Alexander retires from tho Thom-
aston Herald, to take a position on the Atlanta
8un and is suoceeded by Mr. W. F. Weaver.
Fame and a fortune to both gentlemen.
The Thomaston Herald says wheat in that
county is very promising, with promise of an
abundant yield. Corn and ootton is growing
very fast. The planters have began in good
e ament to chop out cotton.
The Newnan Herald says:
Wheat.—Wheat sown in rich or well fertili
zed land in this section, is now “in full head.”
The prospect is flattering for a large yield.
Hon. Hugh Buchanan brought to onr offioe on
Wednesday, a stalk of Tappahannock wheat
folly four feet high, with head just out of U?e
shook. The wheat was sown about Christmas.
The editor of the Atlanta Constitution writes
from Dalton under date of May 4th, as follows;
Yesterday occurred another attempt at that
elaaa of. outrages that seem to have resulted
from Radical doctrine and rule, and whose men
tion brings a thrill of horror to
not destitute
tempted to v..
the outhouses
Her screams
from the
captured-
We
tenced,
. -mm yji uorror to ever? k.—
of humanity. A negro L? 051
to violate a married woman “**•
ouaes in her own yard, near this 01
ms brought her husband to CT?'
dwelling. The negro fled, bat
and is now in jail.
suppose he will be tried, convicted E
and—pardoned by Bollook. . S "
Tiie Charleston Convention
On Thursday adopted various reports of
mittees. Some of which are quite volumino^
Immigration.—This report was submitted b
CoL J. F. Thomas, of South Carolina, and re.
commends the establishment of direct steaaj
communication with Europe, the formation^
State aud county immigration societies, and de.
velopes at length a plan for a County Lind I®
migration Society, in form of a joint sfog
corporation with capital in cash and lands,
lauds to be laid off in eligible farms and ever*
other farm put in market.
The report says:
In regard to the encouragement of immin,.
tion from tho Northern States to this State tt
committee ore thoroughly in accord. Them
commend that the convention extend toseWai
from the North a cordial welcome, and that
forts he requested on the part of the Cental
Bureau of Immigration, as provided for, to
cute special rates of transportation for paiti«
immigrating to the South.
A report was submitted by the German Sod*,
ty delegation in which they urge the necesajj
of advancing f ands to pay passage, and the set.
ting apart of homesteads, titles to which can be
acquired on easy terms. The committee say
that the price of agricultural labor in tho South
is much too low to expect mat the Genny,
people will come to the South as plantation u.
borers.
The committee on Direct Trade recomnsejj.
ed the organization of a company to establish j
permanent line of foreign steamers for frsigh;
and immigration in shares of $25.
Cotton Manufactories.—The Committee oa
Cotton Manufactories presented a long report ia
which they set forth tho advantages of the South
over the North for manufacturing cotton, whitf.
they estimate at no less than twenty per cent.
They present the importance of increasing oe
manufacturing industry in a strong light, and
declare that “no country exclusively agricnUj.
ral ever grew permanently rich.” I
Scientifio Education.—Tho report on scia
tifio education proposes the immediate estab
lishment of agricultural schools aud a model
farm in Sonth Carolina. I
South Carolina Railroad Company.—31-
Geo. A. Trenholm, on behalf of the Sonth Cata
lina Railroad Company, submitted certain reso
lutions of that company in which they proposed
to subscribe to the stock of freight and imoi-
grant foreign steamships an amountnot exceed
ing $25,000 npon each ship.
A debate upon Immigration followed, ia which
high hopes were expressed from Northern In-
migration. Mr. Brawloy, of Chester, said the
efforts to direct foreign immigration to Sosih
Carolina had been comparatively fruitless. i
“But if we have not sufficient attractions for
the European immigrant, is it not our duty to
cast our eyes around us—at home, here is
America, and hold out such inducements to the
farmers of the North and West, as wonld bring
them, with their capital, into our midst ? Those I
who live on the line of the Charlotte Eailrcud
have been struck with the large number of pep
ons, generally farmers of limited means who daily
arrive on a prospecting tour through the South.
Already a considerable number of this hud;
and enterprising class were in onr midst, and
there was no reason why, extending the right
hand of fellowship to them, and holding ont
liberal encouragement to their friends and
neighbors at home, we might not obtain an ac
cession of agricoltnral strength, which wild
secure to us much that we seek from tho for
eigner. Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Ke?
York were already liberally represented among
the farmers of Sonth Carolina, and thousand)
of others would doubtless follow, but for tbi
expense of traveling and difficulty of transpor
tation. These drawbacks must be remoTsi, ,
aud when the path is dear, the country will be
filled with a population thrifty, industrious and
influential, because they will communicate bj
example the secret of successful culture. Thej
will be practically identified with the soil, and
being so, they will remain in our midst, and
work out with us the problem of our future
welfare.”
Mr. T. G. Clemson, of Pendleton, said he
fully agreed with the remarks of the preceding
speaker. His experience with immigrants, se
cured by his own exertions, had not been satis
factory, and he believed that what was true of
the individual would prove true of the multi
tude. There were various reasons why the for
eigner would not be satisfied in SouthCarolina,
unless surrounded by a community of his own
people; but to the Northern man, industrious,
able and intelligent, the field of usefulness v&s
almost beyond limit. Emigration traveled in
latitudes, in isothermal lines, and it was sot
practicable to change the current in a day. The
West was » competitor too powerful to be sud
denly vanquished, and the agencies abroad,
covering as they do every town of importance,
would prevent the complete success of an;
movement that might be contemplated in that
direction, until the pnblio sentiment of Europe
fastened npon the South as it was now directed
to other regions of the country.
Mr. B. H. True said he was a Northern ms: I
by birth, but a Georgian by adoption. He veS I
to the Empire State after the' close of the war, I
and there he intended to stay. If the great I
body of the people of the North understood tha I
exact oondition of affairs here, thousands of j
them would- migrate to the South and bring I
money and musole. The Sonth needed capital I
as well as labor. What would a planter with* I
thousand acres do with ten Germans, fresh front I
the old country ? The truth is, the foreign? I
will do no good unless tied to the soil—identi- j
fled with it in purse and person. I don’t can I
where a man comes from, said the speaker, get 1
him to settle upon your land, feeling that & I
has an interest in it, and he will become a Goer- I
ian or a Sonth Carolinian in less than a year. I
f his money is there, his heart will be ibeRj I
and his politics will be there. [Laughter ana j
applause.] Self-interest will regulate all the* !
matters in the end, and yonr genuine Yank* 1 I
won’t be long in becoming as genuine a Gaor- I
gian or Sonth Carolinian as if he were to the j
manor born. Give ns men from' the Nona I
with their money, and men from the Soap I
with their intelligence, rind we will work out UR I
problem of success without difficulty. I> j 01 I
natance, farm in Georgia, and dig phosphate! I
in South Carolina, and so all men, more or W I
having industry and a little money, will j
sify their employments and become indent®* 8 I
with various interests. “Like docks, & I
wheel another most drive.” j
Affairs by diligence alone must thrive. Whe* I
the war closed I laid down my arms and v* 8 * I
to work ; so did you. Why ? Because we w&ntw I
to make money. There are plenty of chnne* 1 I
to do it here, but while you are offering indn** - |
ments to foreigners, Bay a word or two to you
Northern friends. When they come, they*
stick ; when they stick, they’ll help you fillyo®
pockets and bnild up your waste places.
Just now we are in a crisis. Labor is
alized. There isn’t enough of it, and what thw*
is, is not reliable. I can see that Everyth
knows it And a man who owns a thoas^
acres without the capital to ran it is comp* 1 ^
tively a poor man. He can’t make enough'
stealing and everything else thrown in—to f*®*
hiH land. Now what yon want is to HelhMJ*
to the soil. Get them here, and then give •*?
such inducements to stay that you can't an
''em away. [Laughter.] ■
I was sentNorth from Georgia by the *8“
cultural association of that State, to farthe* *
projects in this same direction, and I found
two-thirds of the well-to-do farmers there
looking towards the South. Why? B 66 ®,*
with land dear there, and cheap here,even
such labor as we can command, we can best
Northern man two to one. That’s a fact t
truth is, farmers there, as a general thing, “
make money by their work, bnt by inof 6 *®^
the valne of their lands. They bring the®
the highest degree of cultivation, draw <>•*£
r '*opla around them, sell out, build up aejs^
rhoods, and so, step by step, gaffi®* ^
a little piece of land in Georgia, . j
, here, I mean to bring it np to m7®^ ^
or die in the attempt; and if cap*** 1 rr.^ts-
trol labor, I’ll find out the reason why- I"®’’®
ter and applause.]